Category: Science

Even though August 12’s solar eclipse won’t be much to look at for observers in the U.S., it’ll be even less impressive if you can’t

QUICK FACTS Name: Uberaba Geopark (also known as “Terra dos Gigantes,” or “Land of the Giants”) Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil Coordinates: -19.71, -47.96 Why it’s

In simulated conversations, social hierarchy can sway AI agents, making lower-status systems more likely to follow harmful requests.

Compared with standard flu shots, Moderna’s mFlusiva generates stronger, longer-lasting immunity and is more effective at preventing infection, data show.

New images captured by the world’s most powerful solar telescope have revealed something that was hiding in plain sight on the sun for 150 years:

The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland body of water, is in major trouble. Since the mid-1990s, this saline lake, located between Europe and Asia

At the end of a glacier deep in East Antarctica’s Taylor Valley, there is a haunting waterfall that oozes red brine like a bleeding wound

NASA astronaut candidate Adam Fuhrmann prepares for a training flight aboard NASA’s WB-57 aircraft.

Pain and pleasure seem like simple facts of life, however they are anything but that. Neuroscientists still cannot say why physical pain differs from psychological

A sweet tooth for sugars from fruits and honey may have helped fuel brain growth in our primate cousins and early human ancestors, a new

Within minutes of impact, debris began heating Earth’s atmosphere. Fine dust trapped that heat, potentially killing the dinosaurs quickly.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new seasonal flu vaccine that uses mRNA as its base. Moderna, the vaccine’s maker, announced

In the dead of night on Wednesday (Aug. 5), part of a defunct SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon at more than 5,000 mph (8,000

Every total solar eclipse travels from west to east, because the moon and Earth move in the same direction — counterclockwise, or from west to